The Marchioness Disaster (2008)
A factual reconstruction of the events leading up to, during and after the Marchioness was struck by the Bow Belle Dredger on the river Thames in August 1989, which killed over 50 people. The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission. It has never been broadcast in the UK, but has been screened in France.
Director: Ken Horn
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John Benfield as Peter Butcher |
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Robert Daws as Cannon John Jeffrey |
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Alex McGettigan as Lawrence Dallaglio |
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Peter Lorenzelli as Vincent Dallaglio |
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Barbara Flynn as Eileen Dallaglio |
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John Salthouse as John Perks |
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Heather Tobias as Marie Perks |
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Sophia Di Martino as Erika Spotswood |
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Ellen Thomas as Linda Hunt |
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Charley Speed as Stephen Perks |
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Amy Perfect as Frances Dallaglio |
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James Roache as Matthew Thompson |
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Daniel Casey as Douglas Henderson |
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Liam Noble as Terence Blayney |
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Orlando Wells as Ian Philpott |
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Orlando Wells as Iain Philpott |
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Sarah Quintrell as Tamsin Cole |
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Maureen Bennett as Jackie James |
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Harry Miller as Barman |
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Huggy Leaver as Eddy Quantrill |
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Caroline Wildi as Maddie Anderton |
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Sarah Byng as Romola Pocock |
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Lisa Jackson as Odette Penwarden |
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Bennet Thorpe as Marchioness Passenger #3 |
| Directing | Ken Horn | Director |
| Writing | David Yallop | Writer |